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Write Every Day: The Daily Word Counts Of Great Authors

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Weird Events At The Olympics – Pistol Duels, Pigeon Shooting, And More

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I’ve been rediscovering the unique genius of Agatha Christie books

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The Astonishing Story Of Nicholas Alkemade, The Rear Gunner Who Fell 18000 Feet

Durian

Can durian really kill you? The strange truth about the world’s smelliest fruit

Do Writers Really Work Better Drunk? Should you ‘Write Drunk, Edit Sober’?

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The Loudest Man in the World, a Duck at a Presidential Briefing, and Pigeons with a Liver Compass

Antarctica

Surviving Antarctica: The Fascinating Reason Residents Of Villa Las Estrellas Remove Their Appendixes

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Medium and Substack – the Strange, Lonely Business of Finding Readers

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This Is Why Japan Is Now Infested with Raccoons

Cats

Did a Pope’s Hatred Of Cats Lead To The Plague?

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The Man Who Accidentally Took Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums

The Fascinating Story Of Africa’s Fake Mountains Of Kong

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The Real Reason Photos Are Banned in the Sistine Chapel

The Greatest Heist In Canada’s History Wasn’t What You’d Think

I was interviewed by an AI recruiter for the first time and it was weird

The Man Who Faked A Volcano Eruption – One Of The Greatest April Fools’ Hoaxes Ever

Amazon

The Forgotten Story of the King of the Amazon

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Why Modern Novels Are Getting Longer (And Why Readers Love It)

The Unbelievable True Story Of The Only Person To Be Hit By A Meteorite

Sunday, August 09, 2026

Tag: coronavirus

New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand
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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand

ward 05/01/2021

First things first – Happy New Year in Lockdown! Good times to be had by all. Except, you know, covid and isolation and general misery. I thought I would start … Read More

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Coping with the lockdown and how to enjoy it

ward 14/04/2020

Since the start of the lockdown, I have noticed that I am coping a lot better than those around me. By ‘around me’ I mean Mrs Word of Ward (in … Read More

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Sir Patrick Stewart’s ‘A Sonnet A Day’ helps self-isolate

ward 24/03/2020

Unless you are a wanker, you are probably self-isolating right now. Well, Sir Patrick Stewart is here to help the boredom by reading a Shakespearean sonnet every day. As someone … Read More

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Coronavirus, what are the best masks?

ward 03/03/2020

I wrote about the coronavirus and masks a month ago when it was just beginning to scare people / be talked about by the media all the time. The two … Read More

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The Coronavirus, pollution and living in Bangkok

ward 04/02/2020

I was blissfully mask and worry free for two weeks, the coronavirus and pollution a distant dream. I have just spent almost two weeks down the coast of Thailand in … Read More

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